Lexus LF-A Concept: What Goes Around Comes Around

Oct 30, 2009

DETROIT — We've seen this Lexus high-performance sports car concept before. In fact, it was two years ago, right here in Detroit. Well, Lexus is still calling the LF-A a concept. But as far as we can tell, it has been updated to near-production car specs. How does a high-revving 500-plus-hp V10 that promises a top speed of 200 mph grab you? Yeah, we like the sound of that, too. Actually, we really do like the sound of the LF-A.

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Last year on a trip to Japan for the Tokyo Motor Show, we had a chance to preview this concept at a secret Toyota test facility. No, we didn't get to drive it, but we did listen to the wail of that V10 as engineers put the development mule through its paces. It sounded a lot like current Ferraris and Lamborghinis, which is to say so good the hair on the back of our neck pricked to attention. We'd be surprised if we didn't hear a production announcement about the LF-A sometime this year.—Ben Stewart

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